North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of two (2) positive COVID-19 cases in the district. One (1) case in Pierce County, through case investigations, is due to direct contact with a positive case. All close contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. One (1) case in Cherry County, through case investigations, is due to community spread which has been present in the county. All close contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine.
NCDHD will be hosting a TestNebraska testing clinic tomorrow, August 20, 2020 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the North Central District Health Department back alley at 422 E. Douglas Street in O’Neill. Please follow the signage to the clinic in the back alley. If you would like to get tested please visit testnebraska.com to sign up for a testing time. Bring your QR code from registration to the test site with you. NCDHD will be expanding our TestNebraska clinic schedule soon. Additional dates and information on clinic times will be available soon. (Reminder: the Cherry County Hospital is also conducting free COVID tests, dates found here: https://kvsh.com/archives/13315)
Case count update as of 8/19/2020 at 3:00 PM: 164 Total Cases (TC), 100 Recoveries (R), and 3 Deaths (D). A reminder that Total Case (TC) numbers are represented first, and of those total cases the number of Recovered (R) persons is represented second, and total case related Deaths (D) is represented third.
Antelope: TC: 22, R: 18, D: 1
Boyd: TC: 8, R: 5
Brown: TC: 5, R: 0
Cherry: TC: 11, R: 5, D:1
Holt: TC: 15, R: 14
Keya Paha: TC: 0
Knox: TC: 46, R: 37
Pierce: TC: 52, R: 18, D:1
Rock: TC: 5, R: 3